DO YOU EVER SAY “WELL DONE, GARGE?”
Here is a story from the Ashington Collieries District of Northumberland. A-farm-labourer wax observed leaving Jie village with his worldly belongings in a bundle over his shoulder. A friend accosted him: “Where be goin’, Garge?” “Why, A’am leaving.” “Isn’t wages at farm not good?’’ “Aye, they pay good money.” “Is’t food bad?” “Noa. grub’s alrut.” “Then why art leavin’ ?” “Whoy,” said Garge, “There’s nobody up at bloomin’ place to say, ‘Well done, Garge,’ at any time, an .Vain fed up.”—“Exchange.”
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White Ribbon, Volume 32, Issue 376, 18 October 1926, Page 7
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87DO YOU EVER SAY “WELL DONE, GARGE?” White Ribbon, Volume 32, Issue 376, 18 October 1926, Page 7
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